| Ukraine finally battens down its leaky cyber hatches after attacks | | | KIEV (Reuters) - When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office used the same login password. It wasn't the only symptom of lax IT security in a country suffering crippling cyber attacks. |
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| Seed funding slows in Silicon Valley | | | SAN FRANCISCO, August 1 (Reuters) - The bloom is off seed funding, the business of providing money to brand-new startups, as investors take a more measured approach to financing emerging U.S. technology companies. |
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| S&P 500 to exclude Snap after voting rights debate | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 will start excluding companies that issue multiple classes of shares, managers of the index said on Monday, a move that effectively bars Snap Inc after its decision to offer stock with no voting rights. |
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| Charter surges as Japan's SoftBank considers bid | | | (Reuters) - Charter Communications Inc's shares surged to a record high on Monday after a source said Japan's SoftBank Group Corp was considering an acquisition offer, even as Charter shot down the possibility of it being the acquirer in any merger with SoftBank's U.S. wireless carrier, Sprint Corp. |
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| Baidu competitor says to focus on AI as it plans U.S. IPO | | | HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's second-largest mobile search engine Sogou, controlled by Sohu.com [SOHU.O] and 45 percent owned by Tencent Holdings [0700.HK], said it will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) as it aims to build a next-generation search engine. |
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| HBO says data hacked, media says 'Game of Thrones' targeted | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. cable channel HBO said on Monday that hackers had stolen upcoming programming, and Entertainment Weekly reported that the theft included a script for an unaired episode of the hit fantasy show "Game of Thrones." |
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